Description
Hillsborough Hospital 2nd Floor Diagnostic Tower is seeking a Registered Nurse with at least 1 year of medical floor (Med-Surg) and/or Cardiac experience, preferably with ACLS (BLS required), and a team player.
The Diagnostic Tower will consist of 10 beds with acute level medical-surgical patients with the primary focus on the Cardiology and Hospitalist patient population and will be open 24/7.
UNC Health Care Hillsborough Campus is a community hospital which is an extension of UNC Medical Center focusing on many of our elective surgical programs. The 163-bed facility combines a community hospital culture with the innovative procedures and care for which the UNC Medical Center is known. The Hillsborough Hospital has achieved accreditation by The Joint Commission's disease specific program for their Total Hip and Knee Replacement service. This accreditation is the result of many years of work by the inter-professional team caring for these patients. The Hillsborough Hospital was also designated Dementia Friendly in 2019.
Hours: 36 hours/week; 12-hour shifts, rotating (day/night) or nights (7p-7:30am)
Responsibilities:
- Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self
- Attends education programs based on identified learning needs
- Uses patient education materials relevant to patient population
- Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers
- Identifies expected patient outcomes
- Seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care
- Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care
- Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems
- Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan
- Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care
- Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs
- Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues
- Develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations
- Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor
- Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration
- Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities
- Effectively uses communication systems
- Participates in promoting cost-effective care
- Gives feedback to co-workers
- Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment
- Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all